two men have been shot. right now police say both victims are expected to survive. one was shot in the leg, the other in the shoulder. phil: this happened on center street. this may have been drug related. >> right now we're dealing with a rainy evening and a lot of heavier stuff is on the way. phil: you can see the wet weather moving across the state but as it clears out we're expecting some record-setting temperatures. let's check in with chief meteorologist harvey leonard. >> raindrops reaching the area now. if you plan to do any holiday shopping i would do it now even though it's miserable. it's damp. heavy rain is coming later. we already have some areas of dense fog. visibility is only 3/4 of a mile in boston. you have that to contend with and then rain stretching from here down to the nation's capitol. southwest connecticut and eastern pennsylvania. through the evening, steady rains.

downpours that could be a rumble of thunder. it will continue into the wee hours of the morning. foggy and misty to start and if we get any sunshine at all, it will recover in terms of temperature. only 48 in boston. we have a shot at reaching 70 tomorrow. whether it does or not it will be record breaking warmth. >> with temperatures still above average and no snow in sight you could say it's a holiday bonus for anyone with a green thumb. sarah is live in brighton with more on this. sarah? sarah: this rainy weather is welcomed here at the garden center. take a look. this normally would not look year. it's just an example of how all around the boston area, it really does not look a lot like christmas. reporter: mother is

even things in boom that are normally bare. >> look at how full the blooms are. reporter: bill of the mahoney's garden center is allowing many plants to survive longer and customers are coming in droves to cultivate their greenery. >> we're getting this extra color which, it's kind of lovely. reporter: everyone is savoring the burst of spring. a line treatment was possible last week. ironically looking a lot like a dusting of snow. the application will help the soil for spring. >> it could be 70 on christmas day. reporter: this december is nearly 10 degrees warmer than normal and that will make history. >> the month of december, for 2015, is going to go down as the warmest on record. it will smash all the records. reporter: a lot of us would prefer a white christmas. a little one. but according to our friend, he says despite what's going on

rare that boston would see a white christmas. it's only about 19 to 20% of the time. sarah, wcvb, newscenter 5. phil: thanks. coming up at 6:00, high and dry. the big impact the warm weather is having on area ski resorts. >> 100 firearms confiscated by police in a raid in warren. police went into the read street home after a resident made a concerning street. daniel was arrested. police seized firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at his home. he's facing several charges for possessing firearms without a license. phil: right now the chipotle at the center of the norovirus outbreak affecting dozens of college students is getting set to rope after more than two weeks of scrubbing and cleaning. let's get to newscenter 5, live in cleveland circle for us. reporter: that's right. according to city inspectors wrong

the inspectors are just crossing their t's and dotting their i's before lifting the suspended license and welcoming customers tomorrow. >> we're heading in the right direction. reporter: they have given the green light to chipotle's cleveland circle location allowing them to reopen on thursday. the restaurant has been closed since earlier this month when 140 people, most students, got norovirus after eating at the restaurant. >> i have some friends that got sick and were lying throwing up during finals. reporter: city inspectors told been disinfected. all the food was thrown out and employees are healthy and the original sick employee and the manager, who asked him to finish his shift, has been fired. >> we have here -- what we had here was a bad decision by a manager. there is a sick policy that's in place both at chipotle and with

if you display certain sick symptoms of a sickness, should you not work. >> it's more like a mental thing more than anything. reporter: chipotle is also making changes for how they prepare food at 6:00. what will be different about your next order. julie, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> quick work to fish two men out of the water. they fell in near the broadway bridge. they pulled one man to safety and the other was able to climb the ladder on his own. both were taken to the hospital to be checked out. right now the whelan police department is handcuff for help in identifying this man seen on surveillance video. he's wanted in connection with a home break-in. you're asked to call police if you recognize him. phil: a woman is accused of leading police on a high-speed chase through several towns. she faced a judge today. it all started when a man called explaining that shelley ann

local gas station. then the 43-year-old led them on a chase where she rammed into a police cruiser. she's facing a slew of charges including operating under the influence. >> a search is under way for a rhode island man wanted in at least three armed robberies in multiple states including new hampshire. u.s. marshals say the 31-year-old, matthew martin is considered armed and dangerous. this is martin holding up the heritage bank in manchester on monday. surveillance images show a man pointing a handgun as he demanded money. the suspect was gone with cash in less than 30 seconds. phil: the commitment 2016. both the republican and plenty candidates are fighting back attacks crossed the line. >> the "washington post" took down the editorial cartoon that depicted cruz's two daughters as trained monkeys but not before cruz forwarded it to supporters

fundraising appeal. >> if folks want to attack me, that's part of the process. i signed up for that, that's fine. that. he called the cartoons proof of the media's desperation to attack him. does not agree with the carne tunist that his children are fair game for scrutiny because cruz himself featured them in a christmas themed campaign ad. >> it was the night before the shutdown and all through the house -- >> also defending against the attack, hillary clinton, after trump used a slang term to describe her presidential loss. >> he called her frontrunner a belly. >> you're looking at someone who has had a lot of terrible things said about me and that's why it's important to stand up to bullies and why we shouldn't let anybody bully his way into the presidency. reporter: despite the controversy a national poll shows he maintains his commanding lead in the

>> i think he has more than a legitimate chance to be the nominee. i think right now the odds favor him. >> the last time a republican was this dominant right before christmas, you have to go back to 1999 when george w. bush was nomination. >> a congressional committee will take a closer look now at concussions next year. the panel plans to bring together medical, military, and sports professionals to look at of head trauma. concussions are often discussed in the context of sports like football but some lawmakers say the problem goes way beyond that and affects a large portion of population. phil: let's take a look at first alert traffic. we'll go out to the bunker hill bridge. one side looks okay, the other is backed up. right now drive times are a half an hour from mass ab to route 3. out west on the pike, 21 minutes and building from

okay. further west, half an hour, on 495, that stretch between the mass pike and fine. traffic. it's eight minutes past 5:00. talk about an interesting story. a call for help from the vatican and the nypd response. >> this marks the very first time new york officers are in country. here more about their unique mission. >> new data shows a jump in the born in the united states, and we'll break down what's behind the search. >> coming up

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>> grand jury has indicted the wal-mart truck driver who crashed into a limousine carrying tracy morgan. kevin is his name and he's charged with manslaughter and other crimes. robber had slept for 28 hours before the crash a fellow comedian of morgan was killed. morgan suffered brain damage. the woman accused of intentionally driving into a crowd in las vegas killing one woman will stay in jail through the holidays. holloway was in court and she's facing charges of murder, hit-and-run and child abuse. her toddler was in the car with her during the hit-and-run. >> we do believe that this defendant acted intentionally in her behavior. and if you intentionally try and run somebody over, that certainly qualifies as an attempt murder charge and that's what we're strongly considering.

this is tragic for everybody involved and as the days go by and the gravity of what happens sinks in i expect she'll be in a very difficult mental state. >> the next court date in this case has been set for january. >> new at 5:00, a protest that began at the mall of america in minnesota has now moved to a local airport. hundreds of protestors briefly rallied at the mall after police shut the mall down. they took the subway from minneapolis-st. paul international airport. there, they blocked roads and caused several flight delays. few protestors were arrested. the group is angry over last month's fatal shooting by police of an assault suspect. >> police from all over the world are headed to rome to help with the thousands of pilgrims expected for the jubilee year. a team of new york city police for the first time ever are in their uniforms working overseas. >> it's the first for the nypd and the italian police. but this joint international

at the vatican is a sign of the times. >> in light of recent events in europe and in the united states, you know, we continue to learn and we continue to adapt. police from new york, spain and poland are in rome assisting for security of the catholic church's year long jubilee of mercy. it's only the 27th time in the history of the church that there has been a holy year and this year italian officials say there will be increased police patrol forker a good reason. explaining they cannot underestimate or ignore the ongoing threat posed by isis, especially following the recent attacks in paris. authorities say they deployed thus of officers and soldiers from across italy and asked for help from around the world. >> it's ban great opportunity to share ideas, exchange different ways of how we do things, but

certain things different, it's also kind of -- it gives us a good feeling to know there is a lot of what we do is very similar. >> for security reasons italian authorities are not disclosing the exact number of officers taking part in the operation but we're told there will be a visible police presence at the vatican and across the city at all times. >> one of the spots with an actual white christmas is the sierra nevada mountains out in california. look at the pictures. snow pack is actually higher than average by about 10%. i been two years since the snow pack has actually been that high. the area was hit by several recent snow storms and more snow is expected through the end of the week. and, wow, it's not just there. in the middle of the country you're seeing severe weather. >> not snow but severe weather. would you think it was the late spring moving into early summer by what's going on in the middle of the country but with the temperatures and weather pattern we have it's not that shocking.

to our weather. check this out. these are all tornado watches that you're looking at. look at a wide swath of the middle of the country. not only watches, but there are some tornado warnings that are in effect as well and not only that, you see them down here as well as parts of western ohio, parts of western illinois, there is a lot of action on the radar. some very strong storms and very warm and incredibly humid air for this time of year. locally, we've got some fog along the maine-new hampshire coast. dense in spots. 3/4 of a mile at logan. only half a mile at lawrence and barely any visibility in sports sports. then we add the rain that's coming in and it's dark at this time. so be careful. if you're doing late christmas shopping, you will have some the heaviest rains are coming later. at least a few hours from now. the swath goes, heavy rain from southwestern connecticut all the way on down to the nation's

today, certainly not a cold day but a little bit cooler than yesterday. the record-breaking warmth that's coming tomorrow, but leading it in is this wall of water that's coming in with some really heavy downpours later on tonight that could contain some under and lightning, of course, and then in the wee hours of the morning, last of those heavy downpours will move offshore. tomorrow, we're still going to be left as we start christmas eve with a lot of clouds and dense fog, northern mass, southern new hampshire and southern maine. i'm not sure if we'll get much in the way of sunshine tomorrow but fine we don't we'll still be very warm. >> this is just one computer model estimate of rainfall. a swath why you to the west of boston. a half an inch to an inch closer to boston. that's an estimate, but again, these heavy downpours could be slightly shifted in location and could be even localized amounts of two inches, would not shock me. look at this. this is city cam. can't see much. of course, it's dark but you know when it's clear ow.

can't see virtually any of that now because of the dense fog that's moving in. the wind is right off the water. it's 48 degrees. just about a matching dew point means the air is saturated in the lower part of the afternoon. so what about this warmth? it's only 48 in boston. right now we have an easterly wind. but tomorrow the wind will shift behind that rain and the warm front, and that will usher in the warmth that's down the coast like the 72 carolina. late tonight towards tomorrow morning we'll actually see the temperatures rise from boston southward but it will remain cool across southern new hampshire and southern maine until late tomorrow morning or midday there. as far as tomorrow is concerned, i think we have a shot at approaching or touching 70 degrees. that's predicated on a few breaks of sun. if we don't get that we'll still be in the 60's and that will still break the record because the record high tomorrow in worcester is only 57 so that should get shattered. boston, 61 and that will get

after we go through christmas eve and move toward christmas clearing. might be some high, thin clouds christmas day. a touch cooler than tomorrow but very mild. check out the next seven days. record warmth tomorrow and there is christmas day. by the way you may have forgotten this but we actually hit 59, even though it was in the wee hours of the morning just last year on christmas but then look at the years prior. certainly more typical of the kind of temperatures you would x. but not this time around. saturday is cooler with some damp weather returning. sunday will be right near the boundary of the cool and warm with a few showers so 50s to near 60's south of boston. 40's to the north. colder air comes in on monday. very different and we may have some type of a wintry mix around the region tuesday. so that's certainly going to be a shocking change to our systems at that time. phil?

retired veteran living alone turned into an outpouring of christmas cheer. check this story out. herman's neighbors got worried when they didn't see the 94-year-old world war ii vet for several days. the lapped d checked on him and saw he was fine but alone. they went out and got stuff and brought it over to his apartment. instant christmas cheer. >> it was nice to do something nice for a vet. >> hopefully give him something that shows, you're loved and cared about. >> i can't believe all of this going on. this never happened to me. >> world war ii vet. he deserves it. he says he'll never forget this particular christmas. >> a new york girl badly turned in a fire got an extra special holiday card. this one is from the president and his family. she made international highlights when she asked for christmas cards this season. people from all over the world responded, to help make that

president and even beyonce have joined in wishing her a merry christmas. our very own meteorologist joining santa claus this morning at boston's south station. the globe santa sleigh travels around greater boston collecting books and toys and warm winter gear to donate to families in the area. nice. nice. >> standing ovation for a basketball player with a lot to celebrate. >> the reason this gator's shot was such an accomplishment. making a sleigh. >> new at 6:00, meet 110-year-old alice fisher. what the oldest person in massachusetts says is the secret

>> on the health alert the number of twins being born in all-time high but birth rates of other multiples at their lowest level decades. >> it's a boy and a girl with a rate of twin births reaching a year more and more parents might need to consider prepping for not just one baby but two. this according to a new cdc report looking at birth statistics in 2014. what's behind the shift?

researchers say it could be the fact that women are giving birth later in life, a time when research suggests twins may be a more common occurrence, and in vitro plays a higher part. while the number of twins going up, triplets down. birth rates for teenagers declined 9% from 2013 to 2014, reaching yet another historic low. as for whether these trends will continue? no one knows but for those parents an extra bundle of joy, they can expect double the surprises for years to come. >> and a lot less sleep. births that may have been triplets in the past could now be twin births because of stricter guidelines about implanting embryos.

really big basket at the florida gators game. he's a walkoff player that was born without a hand. he made this shot in the final minute of the game. you can see his team just as excited as the crowd. he was pretty excited, too. 0-2 shooting as a freshman and had missed three shots this year. that was, of course, before this shot in last night's game. spectacular. >> it was spectacular. >> anything is possible. >> good for him. >> an elf on the shelf, an emergency of sorts. >> what prompted a panicked little girl to call 911 and what police found when they got to her home. >> a look at the actors who earn more money than they were worth in 2015. >> a close call during a world cup race. the changes on the way after

>> breaking news at 5:30. police are investigating a double shooting on center street. two men are being treated at this hour for nonlife-threatening injuries. police say it may have been drug related. >> also right now an arsenal of guns seized from a home in the town of oren. police arresting a man they say made threats of a concerning nature. those are their words, over 100